Convair CV-340 crashes

19 crashes involving the Convair CV-340 since 1954, with 135 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 19
• Fatal crashes: 7
• Fatalities: 135
• First recorded: March 16, 1954
• Most recent: July 10, 2018

Deadliest

1. June 24, 1960: Convair CV-340, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (54 fatalities)
2. May 3, 1963: Convair CV-340, São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo, Brazil (37 fatalities)
3. July 17, 1955: Convair CV-340, Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States (22 fatalities)
4. July 8, 1968: Convair CV-340, Dhahran ash-Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia (11 fatalities)
5. October 10, 1955: Convair CV-340, Vienna Vienna, Austria (7 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (8)
• Brazil (3)
• Saudi Arabia (2)
• Austria (1)
• Chile (1)
• Germany (1)
• South Africa (1)
• US Virgin Islands (1)
• Yemen (1)

Years

• 1955 (3)
• 1962 (2)
• 1963 (2)
• 1968 (2)
• 1972 (2)
• 1954 (1)
• 1956 (1)
• 1960 (1)
• 1961 (1)
• 1978 (1)
• 2004 (1)
• 2011 (1)

All crashes

• July 10, 2018: Convair CV-340, Pretoria-Wonderboom, Gauteng, South Africa (1 fatality)
• January 17, 2011: Convair CV-340, Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
• December 4, 2004: Convair CV-340, Miami, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 21, 1978: Convair CV-340, Elma Iowa, United States (0 fatalities)
• February 4, 1972: Convair CV-340, Sana'a Sana'a, Yemen (0 fatalities)
• January 7, 1972: Convair CV-340, Jeddah Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
• July 8, 1968: Convair CV-340, Dhahran ash-Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia (11 fatalities)
• March 20, 1968: Convair CV-340, Evansville-William H. Dress Indiana, United States (0 fatalities)
• May 3, 1963: Convair CV-340, São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo, Brazil (37 fatalities)
• January 22, 1963: Convair CV-340, Paranaíba Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• December 21, 1962: Convair CV-340, Grand Island Nebraska, United States (0 fatalities)
• May 7, 1962: Convair CV-340, Vallenar Región de Atacama, Chile (0 fatalities)
• February 23, 1961: Convair CV-340, Bader Field AFB New Jersey, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 24, 1960: Convair CV-340, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (54 fatalities)
• December 22, 1956: Convair CV-340, Munich-Riem Bavaria, Germany (3 fatalities)
• October 10, 1955: Convair CV-340, Vienna Vienna, Austria (7 fatalities)
• July 17, 1955: Convair CV-340, Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States (22 fatalities)
• January 19, 1955: Convair CV-340, Dexter Iowa, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 16, 1954: Convair CV-340, Midland Texas, United States (0 fatalities)